Shahmina Alam. Photo: Steve Eason / CC BY-NC 2.0
Jamal Elaheebocus speaks to Shahmina Alam, sister of one of the Filton24 activists on hunger strike, about the government’s cruel clampdown on Palestine solidarity
Join the protest at 6pm Wednesday 17 December outside the Ministry of Justice, Petty France, London, SW1H 9AJ to support the hunger strikers

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